The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, المجلد 6J. and P. Knapton [and others], 1751 |
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الصفحة 129
... said it ought to begin thus , An irrational animal of the This is not a fair reprefentation of what is faid in the Effay on Human Underft . concerning general and ab . ftract ideas . But ferious writers have done that Philofo- pher the ...
... said it ought to begin thus , An irrational animal of the This is not a fair reprefentation of what is faid in the Effay on Human Underft . concerning general and ab . ftract ideas . But ferious writers have done that Philofo- pher the ...
الصفحة 132
Alexander Pope. Crambe used to value himself upon this System , from whence he said one might fee the propriety of the expreffion , fuch a one has a barren imagina- tion ; and how common it is for fuch people to adopt conclufions that ...
Alexander Pope. Crambe used to value himself upon this System , from whence he said one might fee the propriety of the expreffion , fuch a one has a barren imagina- tion ; and how common it is for fuch people to adopt conclufions that ...
الصفحة 216
... said of making a Poem , ' tis eafily brought about by him that has a Genius , but the fkill lies in do- ing it without one . In pursuance of this end , I fhall present the reader with a plain and certain Recipe , by which any author in ...
... said of making a Poem , ' tis eafily brought about by him that has a Genius , but the fkill lies in do- ing it without one . In pursuance of this end , I fhall present the reader with a plain and certain Recipe , by which any author in ...
الصفحة 251
... said to be written by himfeif . O Reader , if that thou canft read , Look down upon this Stone ; Do all we can , Death is a man , That never fpareth none . OF OF THE POET LAUREATE . November 19 , 1729 . CLERK OF THIS PARISH . 251.
... said to be written by himfeif . O Reader , if that thou canft read , Look down upon this Stone ; Do all we can , Death is a man , That never fpareth none . OF OF THE POET LAUREATE . November 19 , 1729 . CLERK OF THIS PARISH . 251.
الصفحة 260
... one can read very few Dedications , but will give us caufe to wonder , either how fuch things came to be faid at all , or how they were said to fuch per- fons . fons . I have known an Hero complimented upon the 260 THE GUARDIAN .
... one can read very few Dedications , but will give us caufe to wonder , either how fuch things came to be faid at all , or how they were said to fuch per- fons . fons . I have known an Hero complimented upon the 260 THE GUARDIAN .
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الصفحة 325 - ... to consider him attentively in comparison with Virgil above all the ancients, and with Milton above all the moderns.
الصفحة 313 - Who can be so prejudiced in their favour as to magnify the felicity of those ages, when a spirit of revenge and cruelty, joined with the practice of rapine and robbery, reigned through the world ; when no mercy was...
الصفحة 303 - How fertile will that imagination appear which was able to clothe all the properties of elements, the qualifications of the mind, the virtues and vices, in forms and persons, and to introduce them into actions agreeable to the nature of the things they shadowed?
الصفحة 278 - I CANNOT think it extravagant to imagine that mankind are no less in proportion accountable for the ill use of their dominion over creatures of the lower rank of beings than for the exercise of tyranny over their own species.
الصفحة 331 - ... something between penetration and felicity, he hits upon that particular point on which the bent of each argument turns, or the force of each motive depends.
الصفحة 334 - ... upon the judgments of that body of men whereof he was a member. They have ever had a standard to themselves, upon other principles than those of Aristotle.
الصفحة 310 - ... of a trumpet. They roll along as a plentiful river, always in motion, and always full ; while we are borne away by a tide of...
الصفحة 289 - Nay, to that perfection is he arrived, that he stoops as he walks. The figure of the man is odd enough; he is a lively little creature, with long arms and legs : a spider is no ill emblem of him : he has been taken at a distance for a small windmill.
الصفحة 300 - If some things are too luxuriant it is owing to the richness of the soil; and if others are not arrived to perfection or maturity, it is only because they are overrun and oppressed by those of a stronger nature.
الصفحة 45 - ... twixt reading and Bohea, To muse, and spill her solitary Tea, Or o'er cold coffee trifle with the spoon, Count the slow clock, and dine exact at noon; Divert her eyes with pictures in the fire, Hum half a tune, tell stories to the squire; Up to her godly garret after sev'n, There starve and pray, for that's the way to heav'n.